tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 07 06:45:55 2011
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Re: Translating TEDTalks
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 'u' tIn law' Hoch tIn puS. 'u' qan law' Hoch qan puS.
> "Universe big many all big few. Universe old many all old few."
ghay'cha'. bImughchugh, yImughqu'. pImba' mu'tlheghvam pab, mu'tlhegh
motlh pab, 'ach pab ghajbej. pab yIvuv. mu'mey tItamQo' neH.
Don't do this unless you're already doing a "linear translation" and
disregarding grammar entirely throughout a piece. It's worse than
mock-translating {tlhIngan jIH} as "me Klingon" in the fashion of a
Tarzan movie.
-- ghunchu'wI'